US 12,405,049 B2
Refrigerator
Dongrim Woo, Seoul (KR); Sanghyun Cheon, Seoul (KR); Chanuk Kang, Seoul (KR); and Changjae Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/023,057
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/011834
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/050714, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0111935 (KR), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314062 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 2400/36 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet having a storage space; and
a door configured to open and close the storage space, and an insulating material is provided within the door,
wherein the door comprises:
an outer plate configured to define a front of the door, and the outer plate having an opening;
a panel assembly configured to shield the opening and selectively allow inside of the door to be seen therethrough;
a supporter frame mounted on a rear of the outer plate, and the supporter frame is configured to support a circumference of the opening and a circumference of the panel assembly; and
a display device mounted on the supporter frame, the display device including a substrate and a plurality of light emitting devices (LEDs) disposed on the substrate,
wherein the panel assembly includes a transmission portion through which light from the display device is irradiated, and
wherein the LEDs are spaced apart from the transmission portion, and the LEDs are inclined with respect to a front surface of the panel assembly to irradiate light toward the transmission portion.